Allotment Policy-2018

No. EO(S&GAD)Policy/2009/688
GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB
SERVICES AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT
(ESTATE OFFICE)

Dated Lahore, the 07th May, 2018

To
1. The Chairman, Planning & Development Department.
2. The Senior Member, Board of Revenue, Punjab.
3. All Administrative Secretaries to Government of the Punjab.
4. The Inspector General of Police, Punjab.
5. The Registrar, Lahore High Court, Lahore.
6. The Secretary, Punjab Public Service Commission, Lahore.
7. The Secretary, Provincial Assembly, Punjab, Lahore.

Subject: ALLOTMENT POLICY OF S&GAD, 1997, AMENDED UPTO 2018

The Governor, Punjab has been pleased to approve amendments in the

Allotment Policy of Government of the Punjab, S&GAD. I am, therefore, directed to
enclose herewith a copy of the Allotment Policy of Government of the Punjab, S&GAD,
1997, amended upto 02.05.2018 for information, implementation and further guidance.

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(MUHAMMAD AKMAL)
ESTATE OFFICER
Govt. of the Punjab
No. & Date Even:

A copy alongwith a copy of the Allotment Policy of Government of the

Punjab, S&GAD, 1997, amended upto 02.05.2018 is forwarded for information to:-

(i) The Secretary (Services), Government of the Punjab, S&GAD.

(ii) The Secretary (I&C), Government of the Punjab, S&GAD.
(iii) The Secretary (Regulations), Government of the Punjab, S&GAD.
(iv) The Special Judicial Magistrate, Punjab Civil Secretariat, Lahore.
(v) The Section Officer (W-IV)/Rent Controller, S&GAD.
(vi) The PSO to Chief Secretary, Punjab.
(vii) The PSO to Additional Chief Secretary, Punjab.
(viii) The PS to Additional Secretary (Welfare), S&GAD.
(ix) The Superintendent, Govt. Printing Press, Punjab, Lahore.

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(MUHAMMAD AKMAL)
ESTATE OFFICER
Govt. of the Punjab
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POLICY GOVERNING ALLOTMENT OF GOVERNMENT RESIDENCES

1. This policy will supersede all previous letters / instructions / policy governing
the allotment of Government owned residential accommodation issued from
time to time.
2. Details of various types of Government owned residences in different
GORs/Colonies at Lahore and the Government servants who are entitled to
these residences are given in (Appendix-I).
3. Houses listed in (Appendix-II) are at the disposal of Lahore High Court for
allotment to Honorable Judges and other senior officers of judiciary. Allotment
of these houses shall be made by the Lahore High Court, Lahore.
4. Houses listed in (Appendix-III) are reserved for the Chief Minister, Ministers of
the Cabinet, Speaker and Deputy Speakers of the Provincial Assembly.
Administrative control of the Speakers and Deputy Speakers Houses would
rest with the Secretary Provincial Assembly.
5. Houses listed in (Appendix-IV) are designated houses for the Chief Secretary,
Inspector General of Police, DIG Lahore Range, Commissioner, Lahore
Division, Lahore, District Coordination Officer, Lahore and SSP, Lahore. The
administrative control of these houses shall rest with the Estate Office.
6. The Additional Chief Secretary, Government of the Punjab shall be the
competent authority for allotment of Government owned accommodations at
Lahore other than those which have been placed under the administrative
control of the Lahore High Court, Secretary, Provincial Assembly Punjab and
District Coordination Officer, Lahore. He may delegate powers of allotment /
exchange of certain categories of houses to any other officer of the Provincial
Government. The Additional Secretary (Welfare), Government of the Punjab,
shall be the Competent Authority for allotment of 2-room junior and single
room accommodations.
7. Only the Govt. servants posted at the Principal Seat, Lahore High Court,
Lahore, Punjab Civil Secretariat i.e. borne on the cadre strength of S&GAD and
Provincial Assembly of Punjab, posted at Lahore, are eligible for allotment of
Government owned accommodation. A Govt. servant who is transferred out
of Lahore or out of the institutions referred above will lose his eligibility after
expiry of the period for which he or his family can retain possession of the
residential accommodation as specified in para-33.
7 A. In case of non-availability of Government accommodation for allotment, the
employees of Punjab Civil Secretariat, borne at the cadre strength of S&GAD,
shall be entitled for the facility of House Requisition as per their entitlement,
after obtaining an eligibility certificate issued by the Estate Office, S&GAD
through approval of the Additional Secretary (Welfare), S&GAD. A government
servant who is transferred out of Lahore or is no more serving at the cadre
strength of S&GAD in Punjab Civil Secretariat will lose his eligibility or facility
of house requisition after three months of the date of his transfer.
Moreover, if an occupant of a government residence from the pool of
residences of S&GAD intends to get benefit of the facility of house requisition,
he/she will have to handover the possession of his/her allotted residence
to Welfare Wing, S&GAD and obtain the above said eligibility certificate issued
by the Estate Office, S&GAD through approval of the Additional Secretary
(Welfare). In case of availing the facility of House requisition/Self hiring, the
said officer/official shall not be entitled to house rent allowance.
8. All the Sub Divisional Officers of the GORs and Colonies will be the custodian
of property situated in their respective areas.
9. All Government servants seeking official residential accommodation will get
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themselves registered with the Estate Office through their departments on the
prescribed form given in (Appendix-V). The Estate Office shall maintain a list
of all Government servants who get themselves registered and will issue a
registration number. The list will be prepared on the basis of the date of
registration. If two or more persons get themselves registered on the same
date, the senior amongst them on the basis of appointment to a post in the
basic scale of entitlement to the particular category of residence will rank
higher than the others.
10. The officer/official posted against technical quota or on deputation basis in
Punjab Civil Secretariat shall not be eligible for registration unless he/she
completes two years service tenure against such technical/ deputation post.
REGISTRATION
11. If a Government servant who registers himself is transferred back to Lahore
within a period of eight months, he/she would not be required to get himself /
herself registered with the Estate Office afresh.
12. If a Government servant, eligible for allotment out of pool of S&GAD and
registered with the Estate Office, S&GAD for allotment, is transferred out of
Lahore before a house is allotted, he / she will retain the same registration if
he / she is transferred back to Lahore within eight months after his / her
transfer out of Lahore.
13. Every Government servant who is allotted a house, shall at the time of
allotment give a certificate signed by the Head of Office where he is serving
stating that he has not been transferred out of Lahore after the date of
registration. The allotment in his name shall be cancelled if on verification it
is found that he was transferred out of Lahore after the date of registration
and before allotment. The Government servant whose allotment is cancelled
due to this reason may get himself registered afresh.
14. A Government servant desires registration for allotment will apply through his
Head of Department and subsequent correspondence with the Estate Office
will also be made through his Departmental Head. The Estate Office will not
entertain any application or reference submitted directly by a Government
servant.
ALLOTMENT
15. The Provincial Government has no legal obligation to provide residential
accommodation to any Government servant and no Government servant has
any vested legal right or claim to the allotment of Government owned
residential accommodation.
16. The allotment of Government owned residential accommodation will be made
on the principle of ‘first come first served’ basis in accordance with the list
maintained by the Estate Office referred to in para-9.
17. No above entitlement allotment is permissible in any policy scheme. The limits
of entitlement are given in (Appendix-VI).
18. Below entitlement allotment on out of turn basis is permissible temporarily
only for the officers of BS-20 and above. The Competent Authority before
making such allotment shall keep in view the pressing circumstances of the
applicant alongwith the documentary evidence submitted by the applicant in
this regard.
19. As per advice of the Law Department, the Government can cancel any
allotment order issued subject to vacation basis without any show cause
notice provided the new allottee has not taken over possession of the allotted
house.
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20. If a Government servant does not occupy a newly allotted residence within 10
days of its availability for occupation, his allotment will be cancelled after a
show cause notice and his name will be removed from the registration list.
However such Government servant can get himself registered afresh with the
Estate Office in the relevant category.
21. If a Government servant is transferred out of Punjab before taking possession
of the allotted house, his allotment / exchange shall stand cancelled
automatically.
22. If a Government servant is transferred out of Lahore before taking possession
of the allotted house, his allotment / exchange shall stand for a period of one
year.
23. All allotment orders issued by the Estate Officer will be countersigned /
verified by the Additional Secretary (Welfare), S&GAD.
SURRENDERING AND DECLINING OF ALLOTMENT
24. No Government servant will be allowed to surrender the allotment in favour of
any particular person. Allotment of a Government servant who offers to
surrender his accommodation in favour of a particular person shall be
cancelled and the said accommodation shall be allotted to the next eligible
candidate in accordance with the list maintained by the Estate Office.
(a) If a ‘A’ or ‘B’ type Government residence is declined by a candidate, he
would not be offered any other Government residence before a period of
6-months. And if a house is declined twice by the same candidate, he
would be placed at the bottom in the respective seniority list.
(b) If a Government residence is declined by a candidate once, he would not
be offered any other Government residence during one year upto
C-category and if a house is declined twice by the same candidate, he
would also be placed at the bottom in the respective seniority list.
25. If any allottee becomes entitled to better category of accommodation, he
should get himself registered with the Estate Office and will be registered as a
fresh applicant for the better category of accommodation.
HARDSHIP SCHEME
26. Government reserves the right to make out of turn allotment to any
Government servant or family of a deceased Government servant on
administrative consideration or in extreme hardship cases on the grounds of
physical disability or chronic disease of a government servant himself/herself
or his/her family members for the reasons to be recorded in writing. The
Estate Officer shall maintain a separate list of Government servants who apply
for out of turn allotment on extreme hardship basis. A Committee comprising
the Additional Chief Secretary (Chairman), Secretary (Services) (Member),
Additional Secretary (Welfare) (Member) and Estate Officer
(Secretary/Member) will determine the case on management need
basis/extreme compassionate grounds/physical disability / serious illness etc.
The out of turn allotments for the reasons explained above will be made upto
a maximum of 20% of the residences falling vacant in each category in a way
that 10% quota may be consumed by already existing Hardship Committee
and 10% for the allotments approved by the Chief Minister, Punjab.
27. INFORMER SCHEME
Any Government servant entitled to allotment of residence, out of the pool of
S&GAD and registered with the Estate Office in the category of his/her
entitlement, will be allowed allotment of a residence on out of turn basis, if
he/she identifies three illegal occupants and actively engages himself/herself in
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the proceedings resulting in cancellation of allotment of allottees who had
inducted illegal occupants into these residences. This scheme is restricted upto
C type residences.
28. PRIOR RIGHT TO ALLOTMENT:
The following officers shall have prior right to allotment:-
1. Additional Chief Secretary, Government of the Punjab.
2. Chairman, Punjab Public Service Commission.
3. Chairman, Planning & Development Board.
4. Chairman, Chief Minister’s Inspection Team.
5. Secretaries to Government of Punjab.
6. Members, Board of Revenue, Punjab.
7. Special Secretaries to Government of the Punjab, Who are working in
BS-20.
29. DESIGNATED RESIDENCES:
Those officers, who are occupying designated houses and as a result of their
transfers, are required to vacate the designated houses, if entitled for a house
at Lahore, will be given preference over other applicants of their equivalent or
lower entitlement, provided that designated house is vacated within a period of
two months and this period shall not be extended further in any case.

30. PARENT CONCESSION SCHEME:

In case of single room, 2-rooms junior and 2-rooms senior accommodation:
a) The allottees on their retirement will be entitled to have their allotments
transferred in the names of their real sons / daughters, belonging to the
eligible department only and is serving in Basic Scale equivalent or higher
than required for the allotment of the Government residence subject to
rent clearance and all utility bills. The retiring Government servant should
apply for such allotment within a period of one year before his / her
retirement.
b) The real son / daughter who is a Government servant and is serving in the
Basic Scale equivalent or higher than that required for allotment of the
accommodation occupied by his / her parent will have a prior right for the
allotment of the same house in case of death of a original allottee during
service.
c) Government servants inducted under Rule 17-A of Punjab Civil Servants
(Appointment and Condition of Service), Rules, 1974, will be entitled to
transfer allotment of single room, 2 room junior and 2 room senior
houses, under parent concession scheme, provided the accommodation is
according to or below their entitlement and they are inducted into service
within permissible period of retention of the accommodation under CSR
5.45.
31. SPOUSE SCHEME:
Government may, in case of death or retirement of a Government servant,
transfer his / her accommodation in the name of spouse of the
deceased/retired Government servant provided that they are living jointly in
the said house and all utility bills are paid up-to-date. Furthermore, the spouse
should be a Provincial Government servant serving in Basic Pay scale
equivalent to or higher than that required for allotment of the same Govt.
residence. The spouse scheme is restricted from single room to 2-room senior
categories only. Moreover, if a Government servant is an allottee of
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Government accommodation, his/her spouse being a Government servant
shall have no right for allotment of Government accommodation. If he/she has
already been allotted Government accommodation, the said residence must be
surrendered. Provided that if both Government Servants are related to each
other as spouse and are posted at two different stations; they shall be entitled
for provision of Government accommodation at their respective station,
subject to policies applicable in each case.
32. EXCHANGE / MUTUAL EXCHANGE OF RESIDENCES:
(a) Exchange / mutual exchange of only the allotments made according to or
below entitlement, may be allowed by the Additional Secretary (Welfare).
(b) The request of the allottees against whom any dues / rent / utility bills, etc.,
are pending will not be considered for exchange.
(c) The exchange of residences of the same category shall be at the
discretion of Government subject to clearance of house rent and all utility
bills. No Government servant, except in hardship cases, will be allowed to
exchange his/her government residence before 3 years of its physical
occupation and 3 years prior to his/her superannuation. Moreover, the
allottees of Govt. residences, belonging to eligible departments only, shall
be allowed exchange of Government residences.
(d) Application for exchange of residence will be considered on first come first
served basis and the Government servants, desirous of exchange of
residences, will have to get themselves registered in the relevant category
with the Estate Office for the purpose.
(e) If two allottees are desirous to exchange their residences mutually, such
mutual exchange shall be at the discretion of Government provided that
none of the allottees is retiring within 3 years of exchange of Govt.
residences and the period of physical occupation of the existing residences
is not less than 3 years subject to clearance of house rent and all utility
bills. Such allottees will have to occupy the exchanged residences within 10
days of the orders of exchange failing which their allotments will stand
cancelled automatically. Furthermore, the allottees of Govt. residences,
who have been allotted residences before adoption of Allotment Policy,
1997, belonging to eligible departments only, shall be allowed mutual
exchange of residences.
(f) If turn of an officer is matured and a residence as per his entitlement is not
available, he/she shall be allotted a below entitlement residence. This
residence shall be exchanged with an entitled residence as and when it
becomes available.
33. RETENTION:

As per Rule 5.45 of CSR (Punjab) which is reproduced below:

Where a Government servant to whom a residence has been allotted dies, or

dismissed or removed or resigns or retired from service or proceeds for training
abroad or is transferred out of the station where the residence is located, he/his
family shall be entitled to retain it for the period specified below against each case:

In case of death: In the event of death of an allottee, his/her

spouse may be granted permission to retain
the Govt. residence till the date on which the
(a) (i) deceased Government servant would have
retired on attaining the age of
superannuation. The Government residence
will be treated as rent free accommodation
during the permissible period of extension
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i.e. from the date of death till date of
superannuation of deceased allottee.

In case widow herself is government servant

and her husband was an authorized
occupant, she shall be allotted the same
residence provided that the widow is serving
in basic scale equivalent to or higher than
that required for allotment of the same
house.
(ii)
In case the house is above her entitlement,
she shall be allotted an alternate government
residence as per her entitlement, on out of
turn basis, provided that while living jointly in
the subject house, house rent allowance is
not being drawn by the spouse and all utility
bills are paid up-to-date.

In case there is no widow, the family i.e. son

or daughter (whose maximum age shall not
more than twenty years), if any, may be
(iii) allowed to retain official accommodation for a
period of five years or till the date on which
the Government servant would have retired
on superannuation whichever is earlier.

Provided that where the residence is a

designated house in the above cases,
Government shall be responsible for
immediate arrangement of alternate
(iv)
accommodation for the widow / family of the
deceased Government servant, who dies
while residing in such designated residence;
for the period specified above.

In case of in-service death of a Government

servant, belonging to an eligible department,
in accidents, sectarian violence/ bomb-blasts
/terrorists’ activities and he/she is not an
(v) allottee/occupant of a Government owned
house, his/her family may be allotted a
Government owned house, according to
his/her entitlement, on out of turn basis, till
the date of his/her superannuation.

In case of dismissal, For a maximum period of two months.

removal, resignation,
(b)
retirement from service,
or transfer:

If further retention of the Permission may be granted to retain the

residence is required, in
the event of retirement of
an allottee:
(c)
accommodation on payment of normal rent
upto 6-months at the discretion of the
Government provided that the retired allottee
submits a Surety Bond on Stamp Paper worth
Rs.100/- undertaking that he/she shall vacate
the official residence after expiry of the
permissible extension. This Surety Bond will
be signed by two other allottees of the
Government residences as “Guarantors”. In
case of violation, the allotment of the
“Guarantors” shall be cancelled as a penalty
without any notice.
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In case of (i) At Lahore For a maximum period
transfer/deputation to a of three years.
Semi-Government/
Autonomous Body/ (ii) Out of Lahore but within Punjab
Project or For a maximum period of two years
(d) Provincial/Federal
Government Agency:
(iii) Out of Punjab For a maximum period
of one year

(provided his/her family lives in the official

residence during the period)

In case of training within For a maximum period of two years, provided

the country and leave / his/her family lives in the official residence
(e)
extra-ordinary leave: during the period and rent is paid either
through salary or challan.

In case of training/ For a maximum period of three years

(f) deputation abroad and provided his/her family lives in the official
Ex-Pakistan leave residence during the period.

Any Officer of the rank/status of Secretary, Additional Secretary and Deputy

Secretary to Provincial Government, whose cadre posts exist in S&GAD,
Government of the Punjab, on his/her out of Lahore or out of Province transfer
can retain an allotted official residence for a period of Three Years which may
(g)
be extended for further period of Two Years, after approval of the Chief
Secretary, in extreme social hardship cases. There shall be no extension
granted beyond three years generally and beyond five years in specific cases
of social hardships, under any circumstance.

If an officer is transferred out of Lahore and posted as DCO/DPO and District

& Sessions Judge to any District of the Punjab, he / she will be entitled to
retain allotted / occupied government accommodation on the pool of S&GAD,
(h) other than a designated house, for a maximum period of 3 years (inclusive
grace period) on prescribed deduction of rent / allowances for both the houses
from his / her salary each month, provided his/her family lives in the official
residence during the period.

If a Government servant of an eligible department is transferred out of Lahore,

he/she will be entitled to retain official residence for a maximum period of two
(i) years (inclusive grace period), provided his/her family lives in the official
residence during the period. In all other cases, allotment shall be cancelled
after 8-months.

34. CONTRACT EMPLOYEES

No re-employed person shall be entitled to the allotment or retention of an

official accommodation beyond the permissible retention period allowed on
retirement/superannuation.

35. EJECTMENT AND RECOVERY OF POSSESSION:

a) The following categories of occupants come within the definition of unauthorized
occupants:
i. Government servants or their families retaining Government accommodation
beyond permissible period as given in para-33.
ii. Occupants in possession of a Government residence without proper allotment
order.
iii. Occupants who create nuisance for the inhabitants of that locality.
iv. Allottees who themselves or their families do not physically reside in the
house allotted to them, after having taken over the possession, for a
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continuous period exceeding three months.
v. Allottees who induct other persons in the allotted house and the persons so
inducted.
vi. Allottees who default in payment of house rent for more than 3 months.
vii. Allottees using officially allotted accommodation for the purpose of any
commercial activity.
viii.Occupants who refuse to provide information, relating to allotment and
occupation of Government accommodation, to the officers mentioned in para
35(b).
b) An un-authorized occupant will be liable for ejectment. The possession will be
recovered in the following manner under Punjab Government Lands & buildings
(Recovery of Possession) Ordinance, 1966. Additional Secretary (Welfare), Estate
officer, Rent Collector / Section Officer (Welfare-IV), Special Judicial Magistrate,
Deputy Superintendent of Police (Security), Punjab Civil Secretariat and Sub
Divisional Officers concerned are the officers authorized by the Government
under Section 9 of the Ordinance to proceed, inquire and recover the possession,
to evict an unauthorized occupant or to recover rent etc.
c) In case it comes to the notice of the Estate Office that an occupant is an
unauthorized occupant as defined above, the Estate Officer or any other person
designated by the Additional Secretary (Welfare) shall have an inquiry conducted
under Rule 5 of the Ordinance to determine whether or not the occupant is an
un-authorized occupant. Such an occupant shall be:
i. Called for personal hearing before Estate Officer or any other
officer designated by the Additional Secretary (Welfare) for this
purpose who, after due inquiry, shall announce his findings.
ii. The person affected by findings of the inquiry may prefer an appeal
before the Additional Secretary (Welfare) within 7-days of
announcement of findings of the inquiry.
iii. If it is established that the occupant is an unauthorized occupant, a
notice shall be served on him asking him to vacate the residence
within 14 days of the receipt of such notice. In case he fails to
vacate the residence in 14 days, he shall be forcibly ejected and
cost of ejectment will be recovered under Section 7 of the
Ordinance.
iv. For the purpose of ejectment of unauthorized occupant, the orders
will be issued by the Additional Secretary (Welfare) to the Special
Judicial Magistrate to proceed under Section 5, 6 & 7 of the said
Ordinance.
v. To execute orders issued under Section 35 (c)(iv), the Special
Judicial Magistrate will be assisted by the D.S.P.(Security), Civil
Secretariat and the force at his disposal. He may also seek further
force under Section 6 of the Ordinance from the Police Station of
jurisdiction where he is executing the orders.
vi. If, after spot inquiry jointly conducted by the Estate Officer and the
Special Judicial Magistrate, it is established that the accommodation
is occupied by illegal occupants then the officers after recording
reasons and in addition to initiation of ejectment proceedings, may
immediately get disconnected water, power and Sui Gas
connections of the accommodation.
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36. RENT MATTERS

a) All rent matters in respect of houses on the pool of S&GAD will be dealt
under section 8 of the Ordinance through the Rent Controller / Section
Officer (Welfare-IV).
b) All Government servants occupying residences will be bound to get
house rent deducted from their salaries, as payable according to the
rules. Rent / Penal rent of an allotted and occupied residence will be the
first charge on the salary of the allottee.
c) All Government servants occupying official residences will be responsible
for supplying information regarding deduction of rent from their salaries
to the Sub Divisional Officer of their respective Colony / GOR who will
send a quarterly consolidated report regarding recovery of the rent to
the Rent Controller.
d) In case a Government servant does not occupy an allotted
accommodation for more than ten days after its availability on vacation,
his allotment will be cancelled.
e) A Government servant occupying a house unauthorizedly and illegally
will be charged penal rent @ 60% of his basic salary.
f) The rent / penal rent will be charged even during the pendency of Court
cases as per advice of the Law Department.
g) In case of payment of outstanding arrears of rent/penal rent against an
allottee, the Additional Chief Secretary, Government of the Punjab, shall
be the Competent Authority to allow payment of arrears of rent/penal
rent in installments without any interest.
The Government may, from time to time, make further rules/policy/
amendments to carry out purposes of this policy. It is being issued with the approval of
Chief Minister, Punjab.

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(DANISH AFZAL)
Additional Secretary (Welfare)
S&GAD